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41 J. Kan. B. Ass'n 2 (1972)

handle is hein.barjournals/jkabr0041 and id is 1 raw text is: :¢From the President In this final Letter as President of the Kansas Bar Association, I wish to clarify two themes touched upon in an earlier Letter and in an article published in the Judicial Council Bulletin. It has been previously stressed that the fundamental purpose of Law is to provide the framework needed to enable people to live together in an orderly and 'harmonious society. I have a deep conviction that this basic principle must be the constant guide star for our profession. If we professionally conceive of Law as a system having as its purpose the promotion of controversy between peoples, Law will become a force destructive of society and lawyers will become executioners of society. This is an ever-threatening danger as we so regularly function in an atmosphere of controversy. Law does afford the means and framework for handling controversies within society. This is one of its major functions. This is the relief valve of society. It is the alternative to anarchy and violence or to absolutism in its most virulent form. Like a relief valve, the controversial process under Law must be to dispose of controversy by peaceful means and permit maintenance of an orderly and harmonious society. The function of a relief valve is to relieve pressure and allow the continued and proper functioning of the equipment to which it relates. It is not the function of the relief valve to blow up the related equipment. Similarly, it is not the function of litigation under Law to destroy society but to preserve it and permit it to function properly. Members of the legal profession in performing their delicate functions in legal controversy and litigation must at all times follow this guide star. If we do not, we are no longer a constructive force in society. We are no longer worthy to call ourselves a profession. It is worthy to note that this same guide star, as to the purpose and function of Law, caused lawyers in the United States through the American Bar Association in conjunction with lawyers from other nations to initiate the World Peace Through Law movement, which held its fifth world conference in Belgrade last July. This endeavor seeks to substitute judicial disposition of international controversies for force, violence and war. It seeks to impress upon the legal profession internationally its responsibility BAR JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION

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